Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Southern California Folk Dance Federation
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 22 boxes (11 linear ft.) 19 oversize boxes
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of minutes, membership directories, historian books (scrapbooks), Dance Institute notes, programs, correspondence, various publications, and proceedings of the Santa Barbara and San Diego folk dance conferences, which include dance descriptions.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Folk Dance Federation of Southern California was established in 1946; its purposes were to conduct monthly festivals, encourage research in authentic dance forms, and to provide recognized patterns of folk dances.
NoteThe Folk Dance Federation of Southern California was established in 1946 and continues active up to the present time. The first volume of minutes (Box 1) records the proceedings which led to its setting up and the by-laws adopted March 10, 1946.
The purposes of the organization included the provision for and conduct of, if possible, monthly festivals, encouragement of research in authentic dance forms and the making available of recognized patterns of folk dances.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Folk Dance Federation of California, 1976. Gift of Elsie Dunin, 1978-96. Gift of Dorothy Daw, 1997.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Minutes.
- Membership directories.
- Dance Institute notes.
- Historian books.
- Pelton (Allen) Family Papers
- Publications and programs.
- San Diego Annual Folk Dance Conference
- Santa Barbara Annual Folk Dance Conference
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988